She was ahead of her time in raising issues related to bias in machine learning models before this issue became top-of-mind for Silicon Valley product leaders today. Her loss implores us to reflect on our lives as founders, and make sure we’re incorporating elements of what makes life worth living outside of work. Silicon Valley celebrates and encourages founders to work hard with the exclusion of all else to make startups successful. These stories of heroic focus towards building a company at the expense of all else—health, sleep, love, family—are praised and permeate Silicon Valley lore. When I moved to Silicon Valley in late 2016, I became friends with a lot of incredible women building venture-backed and purpose-driven companies.

Source: Forbes January 25, 2020 21:22 UTC